The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-13
SUPERINTENDENT MESSAGE.


To THE County CoURT.-Your
honors will please accept my heart
felt gratitude for the high compli-
ment paid me Ia electing me, a
young man, your county superin
tendent, and also allowing nc to re-
tain my prineipalship of the Camp
bellsville High School in order that
| may educate my sisters. Watch
ard tell me at the end of my term
whether or not | have fulfilled the
following promises / made you: To
conduct two public written exami-
nations year, one in January, the
other in June, to hold county in
stitute and visit the schools during
the summer, and to appoint every
Saturday as my official days IN Pa
laski during my school terms.
To THE DIRECTORS &c entlemen,
it is your duty to settle all neigh
borhood disputes concerning the
choice of teacher and to fix his
salary. Please do not employ any
one with third grade certificate,
or one whose certificate is out Of
date, unless he or she is Il teacher
of several years standing. I can
not require teachers to be exam
ined until the limitation Of the Ger
tificate expires. The most of our
school-houses are very uncomforta-
BILE In winter and as general
thing are not well attended; there
fore,I would suggest that you com
mence your public schools about
the third Monday in June and have
it all taught at once, but you can
use your own discretion in regard
to this. Please send me your ad-
dress in full and number of your
district.
To THE TEAcHERs.-I earnestly
solicit your hearty cooperation in
my endeavor to elevate the intellec-
tual, moral and religious standing
of the educational interest of our
county, and hope that you will will
ingly respond when a call is made
for you to attend and participate in
the county institute VIII ich / expect
to hold sometime in June. Prac-
tice we'll your best methods of teach
ing each science, your best plan Of
school government, and let US have
your best ideas and theories when
we come together. would enioin
upon you the Importance of reading
edHcational journals, and especial
ly one or your county papers. A
teacher should be we'll posted on the
general topics of the day as well as
other things. The examinations
for teachers will be written and
will occur on regular appointed
days. The questions will be com
posed SO as to ascertain your quail
fications and not to puzzle you; and
the correct answer to them will EN-
brace the general principles of each
science that the law require syou
to teach. This week is being de
voted to the examination of new ap-
plicants, and those who desire to
raise the grade of their certificate.
After this week every Saturday
will be my official days in Pulaski,
the lSt and Srd in each month for
the white and the End and 4th the
colored applicants. Teaching is
enough for ones life-work and you
should study to make it an honor
to you. Whenever you are dis
posed to underestimate your calling
just remember that the most beau
tiful and useful life ever spent in
this world, the noblest character
and purest character and Hottest
intelligence ever beheld upon
earth, were those of teacher
Study well the divine lessons be
has given you and let them bt
your controlling influence in YOU
school room. Many Of you arr
young and inexperienced, and a.
our profession, like all others, il
crowded, it is sometimes hard fo
you to get position; but be salts
fed with nothing less than a frs
grade certificate and remember tn
words Of Webster: "There is al
ways room at the top" 1t is salt
that some of you are teaching onl,
for the money, and that your hear
Is not in sympathy with the pro
fession. If this be the case, yo,
do not deserve certificate O
school of any grade. You will OBJ
lige me by sending your address il
full, and the number of your dis
trict as l may wish to correspon
with you.
To THE PATRoNs.-All teachers
like other people, have their fault
, and peculiarities, and it rarely
ever occurs that q teacher ca
please all. You should use you
earnest efforts to secure one i
: whom yon have the utmost con
fde1ce, and if at any time 70
have cause to undervalue his quail
: ifications, never mention it befor
, your children, but speak to you
; self or communicate it in writin:
If you try you can always fin
something to scare at in the schoo
/ room, but don't scare
2 Nothing affords your teacher s
= much pleasure as to feel that he
appreciated by his patrons an
loved by his pupils, and you shou.
) learn to intrust the education {
D your children to him as much so :
e you intrust their health to yo
+ physician or your work to skillt
} mechanic.
VI J. j. ZUCoARELLo, Co. Supt.
: The Election Saturday.